July 11, 2008
With tongue planted firmly in cheek, African American-themed website BlackVoices suggests that video game martial arts action might be just the tonic for the ugly situation between the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
The uproar started with Jackson's inadvertent comments that Obama has been "talking down to black people" and that Jackson wanted to "cuts his nuts off." (video here)
From the BlackVoices commentary:
Maybe this is how Barack Obama and Jesse Jackson can duke out their problems, man-to-man. None of this whispering under the breath. I think this video game is more dignified.
The game play footage is from DC Smackdown, which GamePolitics covered in December, 2007. If you find DC Smackdown objectionable, you're not alone.
We note also that the game's website, dcsmackdown.com, appears to no longer function.
Comments
Re: BlackVoices Suggests Video Game Bout to Settle
Obama is black?!
Re: BlackVoices Suggests Video Game Bout to Settle
I think Jackson is extremly bitter that it's not going to be HIM who gets to be America's first black president. He sees Obama's likely victory and you can just sense the hostility and jealousy in his voice. I've heard Obama speak in public and he is one of the only politicians to talk to people like they are adults. The very nature of a speech has the speaker talking down to the audience though as it's that person's job to educate the crowd on information they don't know about. Jackson's comments are the ones that come off childish. "I wan't to castrate him?" That is just wrong Mr. Jackson, very wrong.
Re: BlackVoices Suggests Video Game Bout to Settle
How original, amirite?
Re: BlackVoices Suggests Video Game Bout to Settle
"Jackson's inadvertent comments"
Ladies and gentlemen, the single greatest BS phrase that politics ever came up with. The only time anyone makes an inadvertent comment is when someone switches phrases around, or mis-pronounces a word. Saying that one wishes to cut nuts off is not inadvertent.
Also, I believe all political debates should be solved via some sort of video game. For agricultural debates, you could see who could "complete" Harvest Moon first.
Re: BlackVoices Suggests Video Game Bout to Settle
For worldwide environmental issues: Revive SimEarth.
For issues on genetic engineering, cloning, etc: Unnatural Selection
Theres also SimFarm for agricultural issues.
For pest control issues, there's SimAnt. Get to know your enemy. :)
nightwng2000
NW2K Software
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Re: BlackVoices Suggests Video Game Bout to Settle
When has Barack talked down to anyone? He actually speaks as if he assumes the audience isn't full of mentally retarded Christian zealots willing to be stomped on by jackboots so long as those boots have a cross on them.
Re: BlackVoices Suggests Video Game Bout to Settle
Video game connection great . . .
Did he? But you . . .and there's a mic . . . and you're on FOX NEWS
/facepalm, a million times /facepalm
Re: BlackVoices Suggests Video Game Bout to Settle
I have to agree with you, GP, on something you mentioned in the past.
Fighting games are just way too commonly used as a form of expression in the political arena.
Fighting games popped up all over the place during the primaries and such.
I know -I- have been accused of not being very original in the past, but you'd think SOMEONE could come up with an original idea for using video games as a form of "expression".
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
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Re: BlackVoices Suggests Video Game Bout to Settle
*thumbs up*?